Manchester
Manchester ranks 128th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vilnius, Newark, New Jersey, and Rosario, Santa Fe. Memorable people born in Manchester include Emmeline Pankhurst, Arthur Harden, and Thomas De Quincey. Memorable people who died in Manchester include John Dalton, Maria Malibran, and Bill Foulkes. Manchester has been the birth place of many soccer players and writers and the death place of many soccer players and singers. Manchester is located in United Kingdom.
Manchester ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and Salford. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1774 and 2000, Manchester was the birth place of 78 globally memorable people, including Emmeline Pankhurst, Arthur Harden, and Thomas De Quincey. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Manchester including John Dalton, Maria Malibran, and Bill Foulkes.
People Born in Manchester
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Emmeline Pankhurst
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 1
Arthur Harden
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 2
Thomas De Quincey
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 3
Alice Bailey
1880 - 1949
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 4
William Henry
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 5
David Warner
1941 - 2022
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 6
Joseph Henry Blackburne
1841 - 1924
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 7
Noel Gallagher
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 8
Harold Laski
1893 - 1950
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9
Elihu Thomson
1853 - 1937
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 10
Liam Gallagher
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 11
Ernest Marsden
1889 - 1970
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Manchester
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Lydia Becker
1827 - 1890
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 17
Michael Mann
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 20
Lesley Nicol
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 26
Jeffrey Goldstone
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 42
David Rohl
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 47
Dorothy Shirley
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 50
Andy Gill
1956 - 2020
HPI: 32.66
Rank: 59
Michael Wood
1948 - Present
HPI: 29.14
Rank: 60
Alan McLoughlin
1967 - 2021
HPI: 28.06
Rank: 62
Lisa Nandy
1979 - Present
HPI: 17.91
Rank: 69
Georgia Taylor-Brown
1994 - Present
HPI: 16.30
Rank: 70
People Deceased in Manchester
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John Dalton
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 1
Maria Malibran
1808 - 1836
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 2
Bill Foulkes
1932 - 2013
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 3
Carlos Marín
1968 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 4
Joseph Delaney
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 5
Arvīds Jansons
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 6
Samuel Alexander
1859 - 1938
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 7
Colin Bell
1946 - 2021
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 8
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
1891 - 1945
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 9
Burt Kwouk
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 10
Francis Lee
1944 - 2023
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 11
Jimmy Murphy
1910 - 1989
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Manchester
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Most individuals born in present day Manchester were soccer players (25), writers (9), actors (7), musicians (6), and physicists (5), while most who died were soccer players (10), singers (2), writers (2), actors (2), and chemists (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manchester, including Danny Welbeck, Marcus Rashford, and Lee Dixon. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manchester, including Danny Welbeck, Marcus Rashford, and Lee Dixon.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Manchester since 1700.
